1)

Why did Moshe ask Sichon to sell Yisrael bread but to give them water?

1.

Presumably, because, unlike bread, which requires preparing and baking, water requires no preparaton, and which, due to the many brooks of Arnon, was available in abundance. 1

1

Refer also to 2:6:3:1.

2)

What kind of food did they ask to purchase from Sichon?

1.

Avodah Zarah, 37b: Food, which like water, was raw. 1

1

Refer to 2:6:1.1:1 and note, and see Torah Temimah, citing Avodah Zarah ibid., and note 17.

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